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Overview

The Welder position is a skilled trades role focused on joining metal parts using various welding techniques such as MIG, TIG, and arc welding. The role involves reading blueprints, preparing materials, and ensuring weld quality and safety standards in manufacturing, construction, or repair settings.

Responsibilities

  • Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
  • Work in high or precarious places and cramped workspaces.
  • Perform preventative maintenance repairs according to established procedures.
  • Prepare the welding area and weld joints.
  • Read and interpret welding blueprints.
  • Maintain daily reports as required by company regulations.
  • Monitor the welding process and make adjustments as needed.
  • Operate forklift and man lift as needed.
  • Assist in maintenance and organization of welding equipment and work area.
  • Comply with all safety, health, environmental, and other company policies.

Requirements

  • High School Diploma/GED or equivalent combination of training and work experience.
  • Entry level welding skills with preferred high school or recreational welding experience.
  • Ability to understand oral and written instructions of a technical nature.
  • Knowledge to operate welding equipment to join metal components.
  • Excellent driving skills and ability to maintain satisfactory customer relations.
  • Good mechanical skills and knowledge of raw materials and production processes.
  • Strong problem-solving skills.
  • Physical ability to lift and move heavy objects.
  • Possess good mechanical and welding skills.

Additional Information

  • Travel to other facilities may be required.
  • Must be able to work required overtime and flexible work schedule.
  • Employee is outdoors and exposed to varying and/or extreme weather conditions.
  • Must have a valid driver's license.
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How this job compares in Chattanooga, TN

Pay in context

This employer didn't publish a rate. For reference, welding jobs across Tennessee currently run a median of $29/hr in our index, with the middle half of them falling between $25–$31/hr across 20 postings with published pay. That median is a reasonable floor to anchor on when a recruiter asks what you're looking for.

The local market in Chattanooga, TN

Chattanooga, TN currently has 4 other active welding openings besides this one, spread across 4 employers. 2 of them were added in the last week. Across Tennessee as a whole we're tracking 66 other active welding openings from 46 employers. That's enough local activity to be worth comparing two or three offers before committing. Browse every welding job in Chattanooga, or widen the search to Tennessee.

The most active employers in Tennessee at the moment, by number of open welding reqs, are Mueller Water Products (5), Staffmark (3), and Welding Shop in Nashville, TN (3). Volume like that usually means either a genuine expansion or a staffing agency working several client sites — worth knowing which before you apply.

What you'll be running

This posting calls for MIG and TIG work. MIG (GMAW) feeds a continuous wire electrode through a shielding-gas nozzle. It lays down metal fast and is forgiving on clean material, which is why it dominates production and light fabrication work. TIG (GTAW) uses a non-consumable tungsten electrode with filler added by hand, giving the operator the most control of any process. It is slow, demanding, and the standard for stainless, aluminum, and anything where the bead has to look as good as it holds.

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Pay figures are medians computed from live postings in the Welding Pros index, not from survey data, and they move as employers post. Welder figures were last recalculated when this page was built.